This Easy Meat Sauce recipe is perfect for topping your favorite pasta! Easy Meat Sauce This meat sauce includes both ground beef and Italian sausage, making it a hearty choice to include with your pasta dish. The seasoned tomato sauce is delicious too! It’s a nice step-up from classic marinara sauce. This recipe comes from Salt and Lavender: Everyday Essentials– 100 Quick and Easy Recipes for Busy People by Natasha Bull. Natasha is a good friend of mine, and she’s the founder of the SaltandLavender.com website. She’s an expert in creating tried and true recipes that you’ll want to make a ..read more

This quick and easy Greek Crostini appetizer recipe uses baguette slices topped with hummus and a sprinkle of olives and crunchy celery. Greek Crostini I make this recipe quite often when I need an easy appetizer for a gathering with friends. It’s always well-received because pretty much everyone likes hummus. And it’s more delicious than just putting out a container of store-bought hummus with some vegetables! ? Ingredients Needed: canned chickpeas (garbanzo beans) extra virgin olive oil freshly squeezed lemon juice garlic pitted green olives celery baguette salt and pepper ✏️ How to ..read more

These Creamy Chicken Spinach and Mushroom Enchiladas are what my husband calls, “restaurant quality.” A creamy sauce is a refreshing change over the typical red enchilada sauce. Creamy Chicken, Spinach and Mushroom Enchiladas One of my favorite recipes growing up was something my Dad used to make: asparagus and chicken enchiladas. I used his recipe and changed things up a bit. I added cream cheese to Dad’s sauce, replaced the asparagus with spinach, and tucked some mushrooms in there too. I think I’ve made Dad’s recipe even better with these enchiladas! ? Ingredients Needed: butter all pu ..read more

Not your typical quesadilla, this Mango, Black Bean and Goat Cheese Quesadilla recipe is full of great flavor and takes just four ingredients to make! Mango, Black Bean and Goat Cheese Quesadilla This isn’t your everyday, plain-old cheese quesadilla! Instead, there are great things added in that make it a fantastic snack or appetizer. I like to make it for a light dinner alongside a salad when I don’t have to feed anyone else! ? Ingredients Needed: low carb, fat free or regular flour tortillas crumbled goat cheese fresh mango canned black beans ✏️ How to Make Mango, Black Bean and Goat ..read more

It’s pretty easy to get excited about having tacos for dinner, so here are 50 Taco Recipes to Get Excited About! The great thing about tacos is that there is definitely not only one way to make them. There is such a variety in this collection. There are fish tacos, beef tacos, chicken tacos, pork tacos, vegetarian tacos, shrimp tacos and more. And they all have one thing in common. They all look pretty darn delicious! Baked Ground Beef Tacos by Recipe Boy: These are stuffed with taco-spiced ground beef and melted cheese for an easy baked meal. Desired fixings added! Bang Bang Shrimp T ..read more

Always a family favorite for dinner, these Slow Cooked Carnitas Tacos are so easy to make in your Crock-Pot! Slow Cooked Carnitas Tacos My family loves these tacos. We put them together with low carb tortillas, avocado, green chile salsa, light sour cream, cilantro and red bell pepper. Mango salsa is also a great combination with the pork.  Add some juicy slices of watermelon and you’ve got yourself a nice, summery easy Mexican meal made in your slow cooker. ? Ingredients Needed: boneless country-style pork ribs or pork shoulder (Boston butt) salt and freshly ground black pepper drie ..read more

Cheesecake Banana Bread is a delicious homemade banana bread recipe with a rich cheesecake swirl baked into it. Cheesecake Banana Bread I have a banana bread recipe that is perfect for cheesecake lovers like me. In this recipe, you’ll get both cheesecake and banana bread all in one treat. What could be better? ? Ingredients Needed: all purpose flour baking soda and kosher salt granulated white sugar unsalted butter buttermilk vanilla extract eggs and egg yolk ripe bananas cream cheese ✏️ How to make Cheesecake Banana Bread: *The complete, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the e ..read more

This Lemon Broccolini is a super simple recipe, and it’s the perfect side to a main dish meal. Lemon Broccolini I often make broccoli for dinner, but broccolini is a whole lot better. I love the stalks that broccolini have, so you get much more to enjoy than just the fluffy green trees at the end. This recipe is easy, brightly flavored and delicious. ? Ingredients Needed: broccolini butter lemon chicken broth crushed red pepper green onion kosher salt ✏️ How to make Lemon Broccolini: *The complete, printable recipe is in the recipe card at the end of this post. Bring a large pot of sa ..read more

Chocoflan is a delicious dessert made in a bundt pan that is a combination of layers of chocolate cake, creamy flan and caramel. Chocoflan I first had chocoflan at a friend’s house. I had never heard of it, but I was pleasantly surprised by both the presentation and the flavor. I mean… chocolate cake and flan combined into one dessert is pretty darn brilliant. My friend shared her recipe with me, and she had no idea of the origin. So I thank whoever passed this fabulous recipe along to her! ? Ingredients Needed: unsalted butter jarred caramel sauce dark brown sugar egg all purpose flour c ..read more

This Marry Me Chicken Lasagna recipe is one that tastes amazing made with a creamy sauce, sun dried tomatoes, spinach and plenty of cheese! Marry Me Chicken Lasagna As you may be aware, Marry Me Chicken is a very popular recipe with lots of versions floating around out there. It’s said that the name originated when an editor from Delish created this chicken dish for a video. After filming, the videographer got a taste and exclaimed, “I’d marry you for that chicken.” Thus the name! I wanted to keep the flavors of that dish, but “marry” it with pasta, which my husband happens to love. After a ..read more